Celebs Who Have Used the N-Word

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Elvis Presley

The Mississippi-born rock 'n' roll icon may have borrowed his moves and his music from Black culture, but rumors have swirled for decades that he was a closet racist. "The only thing n*****s can do for me is shine my shoes and buy my records," he reportedly said to a Boston audience in the 1950s. The rumors of Presley's racism have been largely refuted, and friends from Sammy Davis Jr. to James Brown stood up for his character.
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